The 16 GB of RAM is a bit excessive but necessary for games running a lot of mods and helps with rendering speeds on photo and video work I do freelance from time-to-time.
While I'm not a huge fan of the Pandora case, its selection arose from my desire to have the client's PC look fine. The Pandora is quite literally the width of an ATX power-supply plus two side panels, so it fit nicely. The only oddity I encountered was having to run the 8-pin CPU up between the mosfet heatsinks and the top exhaust fan instead of behind the motherboard tray. It simply wouldn't fit back there. The SSD bracket in front of the PSU in a godsend for hiding the extra lengths of cable in this case. Custom-length cable work would definitely be a bonus to have here.
The 970 holds up pretty well at 2560x1440. There's some minor stuttering/frame drops if I turn everything up to max on really demanding games (AC4, Far Cry, etc.) but I'm pretty happy with the card.
The Bitfenix Alchemy LED's in the case are much more white in person, but any camera I take pictures on saturates them almost to being a light blue. My goal was for a mostly black with white highlights build (thanks for ruining that again with only red PCIe cables EVGA).
But the client was so flabbergasted by his "Pandora"
PC SPECIFICATION:
CPU
Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core
CPU Cooler
Cooler Master Seidon 120V 86.2 CFM Liquid
Motherboard
Asus GRYPHON Z87 Micro ATX LGA1150
Memory
Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866
Storage
Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" SSD
Storage
Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM
Video Card
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+
Case
BitFenix Pandora Core MicroATX Mid Tower
Power Supply
EVGA 750W ATX12V / EPS12V
Case Fan
Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm
Keyboard
Corsair K65 RGB
Mouse
Corsair M65 RGB Wired Laser
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